The goal of phases and milestones here is really just to break the project down into bite-sized pieces that regular hackers can get their heads around.

Specifically, the plan doesn't tell people what they should not to do.
Small projects are much welcome. You might even get a
Perl 6 Microgrant
.
I'm told that the TPF really wants to give out a couple of kp6/mp6/6STD grants!